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Spelling Bee October 21, 2020 answers

All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.

Today's letter set · Center: C

C
D
E
I
L
M
O

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

60

accepted entries

Total points

331

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

6

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

231

70% of total

Center letter

C

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • DOMICILED
  • DOMICILED
  • DOMICILE
  • DOMICILE
  • MELODIC
  • MELODIC

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

6 pts

2%

Moving Up

16 pts

5%

Good

26 pts

8%

Solid

49 pts

15%

Nice

82 pts

25%

Great

132 pts

40%

Amazing

165 pts

50%

Genius

231 pts

70%

Queen Bee

331 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
C 30 words
  • cede
  • ceded
  • cell
  • celled
  • celli
  • cello
  • clime
  • clod
  • cocci
  • coddle
  • coddled
  • code
  • coded
  • codicil
  • coed
  • coil
  • coiled
  • cold
  • colic
  • collide
  • collided
  • collie
  • colloid
  • come
  • comedic
  • comic
  • commode
  • cooed
  • cool
  • cooled
D 15 words
  • decide
  • decided
  • deco
  • decode
  • decoded
  • deice
  • deiced
  • deicide
  • dice
  • diced
  • docile
  • domicile
  • domicile
  • domiciled
  • domiciled
E 3 words
  • ecocide
  • emcee
  • emceed
I 2 words
  • iced
  • icicle
L 3 words
  • lice
  • loci
  • loco
M 6 words
  • medic
  • medico
  • melodic
  • melodic
  • mice
  • mimic
O 1 word
  • oleic

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, October 21, 2020 uses the seven letters C, D, E, I, L, M, O, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 60 accepted words for a total of 331 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 231 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.

This puzzle has 6 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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